The difference between diagnoses and assessments is that:

A) ?diagnoses are used to understand a client's history, while assessments are labels applied to a client's individual situation.
B) ?diagnoses provide a short-hand categorization of a client based on specifically defined criteria, while assessments describe the symptoms that support a particular diagnosis.
C) ?diagnoses involve gathering information to be analyzed and synthesized, while assessments provide a language through which professionals can communicate their analyses to patients.
D) ?diagnoses are the joint effort of professionals from different fields, while assessments are always conducted by a psychologist.


B

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